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Linscott funeral plans
January 03, 2007
Jim Linscott, longtime track photographer at Hoosier Park, died unexpectedly of natural causes last Saturday, at his home in Chesterfield, Ind. Linscott was 54. A native of Amesville, Ohio, Mr. Linscott first came into the horse racing scene by serving as the track photographer for several southe
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Trips for Morgan, Tetrick
January 03, 2007
Poppy Lustre N and Ultimate Bet, both trained by leading trainer Chuck Crissman, swept the twin features at Dover Downs on Tuesday while Tony Morgan and Tim Tetrick collected driving triples. In the top female event of the week, Tetrick moved Poppy Lustre N to the lead early and then led at ever
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Big M Pick 4 guaranteed
January 03, 2007
The Meadowlands has announced a nightly Pick 4 guarantee when its 2007 meet opens Friday, with a guaranteed gross pool of $25,000 Wednesday through Friday and a $50,000 guaranteed pool on Saturday. The Pick 4 is on races six through nine, with only a 15-percent takeout rate. The Meadowlands' 137-
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Oosting takes Blml title
January 03, 2007
Balmoral Park’s 2006 driving and training titles have gone to Mike Oosting and Darcy Pletcher, respectively, with Oosting easily capturing the driving title with 329 victories and Pletcher taking home the honors with 89 victories. Oosting outdistanced second-place finisher Tim Tetrick by 39 wins.
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Vernon slots in trouble
January 03, 2007
Vernon Downs owner Jeff Gural has said the racetrack is losing $500,000 a month and will need a state subsidy from New York State if it is going to be able to survive. Gural was quoted in Wednesday’s Syracuse Post Standard that unless a tax change is made to increase the 30-percent rate the racetrac
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Mass. simulcast settlement
January 03, 2007
A late agreement Tuesday in the Massachusetts legislature to extend the state’s simulcasting law two years will allow Plainridge Racecourse to re-open after being forced to close since the start of the new year. The vote was taken after a last-minute scare when the legislators appeared ready to dela
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Eb Mahar dies in Florida
January 03, 2007
Eb Mahar, the paddock judge at the Meadowlands for many years, died earlier this week in Orlando, Fla. Mahar had been hospitalized for surgery for a hernia about four to five weeks ago, but failed to recover. Additional details about Mahar's age and services were not available at this time.
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Yonkers race has conflicts
January 03, 2007
Yonkers Raceway has announced dates for four late-closing series, including the seven-leg $750,000 George Morton Levy Memorial for older horse pacers which has some conflicting dates with the Classic Series, Graduate Series, Battle of Lake Erie and Dan Patch Invitational. That could obviously lead t
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ISOBA picks Ill champs
January 03, 2007
World champions My Boy David and Home Bed Advantage are among the Illinois Conceived and Foaled 2-and 3-year-old divisional champions for 2006 announced by the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association (ISOBA). The division winners, as well as Illinois Horse of the Year as selected by t
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Racing bows to slots in Pa.
January 03, 2007
Weekend Thoroughbred fans at Philadelphia Park are going to be shorted races as racing has bowed to casino management in an effort to lessen traffic, with the track dropping two races off its Saturday programs and one on its Sunday cards. Also, it is moving post time back 20 minutes, from 12:25 p.m.
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Two named to Horse HOF
January 03, 2007
Continentalvictory and Cam's Card Shark have been elected into harness racing's Living Horse Hall of Fame, with Stanley Bergstein, chairman of the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, announcing the results. Annual members voted for the two h
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Morgan HTA Driver of Year
January 03, 2007
Tony Morgan, who won 1,004 races in 2006 and also finished in the top 11 drivers in North America in both money won and driving percentage standings, has won Harness Tracks of America’s (HTA) Driver of the Year championship for the fourth time. The HTA title, one of the most difficult to win in h
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Teague to drive in Dr. MLK
January 03, 2007
He has gained national acclaim with his training process and now George Teague Jr. will jump up on the driver's seat and compete at Monticello Raceway next week in a special race which features the talents of African-American harness drivers. The Dr. Martin Luther King Pace is slated for Friday, Jan
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